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Hardball (2001)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   N/A Source Brief Review Chicago Tribune (2 stars) "...merely reinforces preconceived notions..." more... CNN.com "...Keanu Reeves [has]...struck out again..." more... E! Online (grade: B+) "...Reeves seems to revel in his character's rough edges." more... Hollywood Reporter "...aims for the gut but instead beans the viewer with a wildly unbelievable yarn..." more... Kansas City Star (1.5 stars) "...resort[s] to formula..." more... Los Angeles Times "...a surefire heart-tugger made with skill and judgment..." more... Reel.com (2.5 out of 4 stars) "...graced by Reeves' finest performance to date..." more... Roger Ebert (2.5 stars) "We're always aware of the formula -- and in a picture based on real life, we shouldn't be." more... San Francisco Chronicle "...uplifting..." more... St. Louis Post-Dispatch "It's a shame...that director Brian Robbins chose to obscure his considerable accomplishment with these child actors by telling a corny and predictable sports story..." more... USA Today (2.5 out of 4 stars) "Those who were upset by the tragic ending of last year's Pay It Forward should be warned away." more... Search the Movie Review Query Engine more... * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)